"Vele currently has a 5 500 tons stockpile of thermal coal product and
produces 7 000 saleable tons per week."

The mine's lodge and management facility, Dongola Ranch, near Vele Colliery,
had become a crisis communications hub and a safe haven for people stranded
near the Mapungubwe World Heritage Site and surrounding farms.

"Doctors without Borders [Médecins Sans Frontierès], the South African
Police Services and the Musina Local Municipality have set up a base at Dongola
where an expected number of more than 150 flood victims, some of which have
been stranded on rooftops in the greater Mapungubwe area and rescued by
military helicopter, are expected to seek shelter," said Brown.

At least six people had died following heavy rains in the province over the
past few days, the provincial co-operative governance department said on
Monday.

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